Keywords: Everything for the garden (15768660244).jpg From PETER HEM»ERSON Q <br> JAPANESE IRIS <br> Iris Kaempferi Grandiflora The flowers <br> are from 6 to 8 inches across and of <br> indescribable shades the prevailing <br> colors being white crimson rose <br> lilac lavender violet and blue <br> Each flower usually contains <br> several shades while a golden- <br> yellow blotch surrounded by a <br> halo of blue or violet at base <br> of petals intensifies the color- <br> ing Perfectly hardy blooming <br> in June and July The named <br> varieties are splendid See cut <br> Doubled Flowered 25c each set <br> of 5 named sorts for 1 00 <br> Single Flowered 25c each set <br> of 5 named sorts for 1 00 <br> All colors mixed 15c each 1 50 <br> per doz 10 00 per 100 <br> IRIS GERMANICA Fleur de lis <br> The colors comprise yellows purples <br> blues claret-red white and bronze <br> marbled veined and striped 15c <br> each 1 50 per doz ; set of 12 fine <br> named varieties 1 50 <br> All colors mixed 10c each 1 00 per doz <br> 00 per 100 <br> LILY OF THE VALLEY <br> Clumps The well-known sort specially adapted for outdoor planting 30c each 3 00 per doz <br> Fortin's Giant Lily of the Valley This is the largest variety yet produced; when it gets well <br> established it produces wonderfully luxuriant foliage and immense spikes of purest white bells <br> twice the size of any other sort Price strong single crowns 5c each 50c per doz ; 3 50 per 100 <br> SIX SUPERB P/EONIES <br> Magnificent hardy plants almost rivaling the Rose in perfume and brilliancy of color The <br> roots we offer have four to six eyes <br> Asa Gray A very distinct flower bright Hlac sprinkled with minute dots of deeper lilac in such a <br> manner as to appear dusted on blooms very large mid-season <br> Couronne D'or Large flat rose type pure white with yellow stamens tipped carmine Medium <br> tall good free bloomer Late midseason <br> Duke of Wellington An ideal cut flower variety large well-formed flowers on long stiff stems; <br> color sulphur-white quite fragrant one of the finest mid-season sorts <br> Felix Crousse Medium to large globular typical globe-shaped bloom of very brilliant red <br> fragrant Strong vigorous grower medium height Midseason <br> L'Indispensabte Immense flowers of a delicate lilac pink with darker shading toward the center <br> Tall upright grower and profuse bloomer A very desirable late-flowering variety <br> Madam Forel Very large compact rose type bloom of violet with silver-tipped center fragrant <br> Medium strong tall grower Late midseason <br> Price 75c each 7 50 per doz Set of six Superb Paeonies for 4 00 <br> New Giant Moon Flower <br> Ipomea Maxima The flowers are more than twice the size of the old <br> variety selected flowers reaching 7 J inches and are produced in <br> such wonderful profusion that they completely cover the vine <br> with a veil of glistening white On moonlight nights and cloudy <br> days the effect is charming in the extreme It forms a perfect <br> screen of rich green foliage Add to these qualities its delightful <br> sweet magnolia fragrance and prosaic fact or poetic fancy could <br> not ask for more See cut Price 20c each 2 00 per doz <br> hardy double HERBACEOUS P/EONIES <br> Andre Lauries Deep bright red; fine for cutting Late <br> Chrysanthemiflora Rosea Rose-pink light shadings in the center <br> Delachei Meduim size fairly compact rose type bloom of violet <br> crimson Strong vigorous erect grower; late midseason <br> Due de Cazes Guard petals carmineJrose; center yellowish pink <br> Edulis Superba Large loose bloom of dark pink of even color flat <br> when fully open fragrant - Upright; strong growing plant Early <br> Festiva Maxima Snow-white with occasional small splashes of <br> carmine on center petals; enormous full double flowers; the <br> finest white; early See cut 60c each <br> Lady Bramwell A beautiful silvery rose of fine rorm Midseason <br> La Tulipe Lilac white with outer petals striped crimson fragrant; late <br> Louis Van Houtte Brilliant purplish-crimson; fine flower; late <br> Madam Calot _ Very large rose type very pale pink with center <br> darker silver tint very fragrant Tall strong upright; midseason <br> Queen Victoria Blush white guards center flesh white lightly <br> tipped red Early <br> Zoe Calot Delicate blush-white suffused w th rose <br> Price except where tioted 40c each 4 50 per doz ; set of 12 <br> 4 75 <br> NOTE � In addition to the above we offer a fine selection without <br> names in special colors as iottows While Light Pink Rose Crimson <br> Purplish-Red White with Yellow Center selected from our choice col- <br> lection Price 30c each 3 00 per doz 20 00 per 100 <br> Our booklet on PLANTING AND CUTLIVATION OF P/EONIES free on application 43874959 149634 78295 Page 167 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874959 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874959 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874959 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15768660244 2015-08-25 03 01 46 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |